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6. Capparis angustifolia H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 96. pi. 438. 1821. 

 Type from Canada de Zopilote, between Mexico and Acapulco. 



Plants lepidote-pubescent ; leaves short-petiolate, rounded or subcordate at 

 base; flowers white. 



7. Capparis cynophallophora L. Sp. PI. 504. 1753. 



Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 23. 1760. i 



Yucatan. Southern Florida, West Indies, Central America, and Venezuela; 

 type from Jamaica. 



Slender shrub or tree, 1.8 to 15 meters high ; leaves petiolate, elliptic, 5.5 to 

 9 cm. long, acute, thick, green and lustrous on the upper surface, scaly beneath ; 

 flowers white, changing to purplish, fragrant, the filaments purplish, the an- 

 thers yellow ; fruit slender, sometimes 30 cm. long or longer, " Carbonero " 

 (Cuba); "burro," " bejuco inglgs," " palo de burro prieto " (Porto Rico); 

 " olivo " (Santo Domingo). 



Known in the Bahamas as " wild orange." 



8. Capparis odoratissima Jacq. PI. Hort. Schonbr. 1: pi. 110. 1797. 

 Oaxaca. Central America to Venezuela (type locality). 



Shrub or small tree ; leaves obovate, petiolate, 5 to 8 cm. long, rounded at the 

 apex, green above, covered with brown or yellowish scales beneath ; flowers 

 corymbose. " Naranjillo " (Oaxaca). 



9. Capparis asperifolia Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 86. 1836. 

 fCapparis cnneiformi» Sess6 & Moc. PI. Nov. Hisp. 87. 1887. 



Capparis langlassei Briq. Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 17: 392. 1914. jl^ 



Michoacan and Guerrero ; type from Acapulco. xJl 



Tree, 4 to 6 meters high ; leaves short-petiolate, acute, about 9 cm. long, 

 densely stellate-pubescent on both surfaces ; flowers white, racemose. 



10. Capparis incana H. B. K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 94. 1821. 

 Capparis pauciflora Presl, Reliq. Haenk 2: 86. 1836. 

 Capparis karioinskiana Schlecht. Linnaea 10: 237. 1836. 

 ? Capparis umiellata Sessg & Moc. PI. Nov. Hisp. 87. 1887. 



Tamaulipas to Yucatdn, Oaxaca, and Guerrero; type collected between Mes- 

 cala and Estola. 



Shrub or tree, the pubescence of grayish or rusty stellate hairs ; leaves pet- 

 iolate, 4.5 to 8 cm. long, acuminate or attenuate, thin ; flowers white ; fruit 

 globose or oblong, 2.5 cm. long or shorter, densely pubescent. " Vara blanca " 

 (Tamaulipas). 



Perhaps not distinct from C. ferruginea L., of the West Indies. 



11. Capparis indica (L.) Fawc. & Rendle, Journ. Bot. Brit. & For. 52: 144. 

 1914. 



Breynia indica L. Sp. PI. 503. 1753. 



Capparis breynia L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1071. 1759. 



Capparis amygdalifolia Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 24. 1760. 



Capparis amygdaUna Lam. Encycl. 1: 608. 1785. 



Sinaloa to Oaxaca. Central America, West Indies, Colombia, and Venezuela. 



Shrub or small tree, 2 to 7.5 meters high ; leaves linear to obovate, 5 to 8 

 cm. long, petiolate, acute or obtuse; flowers white; fruit slender, torulose, 6 

 to 25 cm. long. " Coloriu " (MichoacSn, Guerrero); "mangle de la sierra" 

 (Sinaloa); " escremento " (Nicaragua); " auso," " tinto " (Colombia). 



Reputed to have medicinal properties similar to those of C. flexuosa. 



12. Capparis pringlei Briq.. Ann. Cons. Jard. Geneve 17: 300. 1914. 

 Oaxaca ; type from Tomellln Canyon. 



Small tree. 



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